A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

HOW ODD THAT MASSACRES MOSTLY HAPPEN IN "GUN-FREE ZONES"! When will the brain-dead Left wake up and draw the obvious conclusion? Gun bans kill kids

Friday, March 24, 2017

Arkansas Passes Expanded Campus Carry Bill

Arkansas' campus carry bill HB 1249, has expanded into an enhanced carry permit bill. It has become law, and goes into full effect on 1 January, 2018.

Originally, the bill was to allow staff at institutes of higher learning, who had a concealed carry license, to carry on campus. Staff would have been required to notify the administration that they were carrying.

The higher education lobby worked hard to stop this bill. One of the talking points was that people were not trained enough. It seemed as if Governor Hutchinson might veto the bill. It all backfired on the anti-Second Amendment lobbyists. A much expanded bill was approved in the Senate. Then it was re-approved in the House, and signed by Governor Hutchinson on 22 March.

The Senate amended the bill to require up to 8 hours of additional training to obtain an endorsement on existing concealed carry permits. The training will not need to be renewed. That endorsement allows concealed carry permit holders, and not just university staff, to carry on campus and a number of other former gun free zones. Here is a list from the NRA-ILA:

Public college and university campuses

Public buildings other than courtrooms, K-12 schools, and correction facilities

Any meeting place of the governing body of any governmental entity

Any meeting of the General Assembly or a committee of the General Assembly

Any state office

Any athletic event not related to firearms

Any portion of an establishment, except a restaurant as defined in §
3-5-1202, licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on
the premises

Any portion of an establishment, except a restaurant as defined in §
3-5-1202, where beer or light wine is consumed on the premises

Inside the passenger terminal of any airport

Any church or other place of worship

Any place where a parade or demonstration requiring a permit is
being held, and the licensee is a participant in the parade or
demonstration

Restaurants that serve alcohol, churches, and private institutes of higher learning may exercise their private property rights to prohibit armed people. They are allowed to do so with the placement of proper signage. The signage must be clearly readable at a distance of 10 feet.

The enhanced carry endorsement will be available in 2018, and will require from four to eight hours of training. The Arkansas State Police are charged with developing the training, which shall:

(i) Not be required to be renewed;

(ii) Consist of a course of up to eight (8) hours;

(iii) Be offered by all training instructors and at
all concealed carry training courses; and

(iv) Cost no more than a nominal amount.

The training should be available as of 1 January, 2018.

Chris Cox of the NRA lobbied hard for this bill. At the press conference, he said that the bill is a step in the right direction. From arktimes.com:

"This is an effort to remove roadblocks between law abiding people and their ability to exercise a fundamental right," Cox said. "We believe that if you have a legal right to be somewhere, and you’re a law-abiding person, you ought to have a legal right to defend yourself. … This is a step in the right direction toward that recognition. Is it a full recognition? No, but it’s a step in the right direction."

The NRA has come a long way from the days when they merely tried to limit the damage done by bad bills. Many people fought hard for this bill, and the NRA did its part.

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Wasn't SAN Bernardino a government agency gun free zone? May be they still can not understand that gun free zones kill people. As it was stated in this article you have the right of self defense where ever you are. marking gun free zones is creating soft targets. Morons will continue to compromise. this right was taken away bit by bit, it needs to be taken BACK WITH VERY LARGE BITES. stop compromising and make the second amendment mean what it says. the right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. SHOW ME AN ANTI GUNNER THAT WILL VOLUNTEER TO BE YOUR SHUMAN SHIELD WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS AND YOU ARE UNARMED.

Did this law make any allowances for combat veterans that may have spent years , which is a lot more than 8 hours, carrying a gun, failure to acknowledge military training is opinion politics that creates incompetent legislation.

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